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Self-replicating protocells created in lab may be life’s “missing link”
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Self-replicating protocells created in lab may be life’s “missing link”

By Michael Irving September 27, 2021 A microscope image of peptide droplets that can self-replicate, which may represent protocells that arose along the path to life Muneyuki Matsuo, Hiroshima University Exactly how life first emerged from non-living matter is one of the most enduring mysteries of science. In a new study, Japanese scientists have created self-replicating protocells...